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It is based on the list on the LPGA Tour's official site, which differs slightly from the main win lists on player's personal profiles on the site. The wins counted here include professional titles won before the tour was founded in 1950; and LPGA Tour events won as an amateur, or as an international invitee before joining the LPGA Tour.
She joined the LPGA Tour in 1974 and was named LPGA Rookie of the Year. [2] Stephenson's first LPGA victory was the 1976 Sarah Coventry Naples Classic. Her most productive period was the early 1980s, when she won all of her majors in consecutive years: 1981 Peter Jackson Classic, the 1982 LPGA Championship and the 1983 U.S. Women's Open. [2]
The first LPGA tournament was the 1950 Tampa Women's Open, held at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa, Florida. Ironically, the winner was amateur Polly Riley, who beat the stellar field of professional founders. [13] In 1956, the LPGA hosted its first tournament outside the United States at the Havana Open in Havana, Cuba. [citation needed]
A flood of emotions will come over Lexi Thompson Sunday as she walks down the 18th fairway at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples and heads into retirement.
During her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else on the LPGA or PGA Tours. Whitworth was also a runner-up 93 times, giving her 181 top-two finishes. [1] In 1981, she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Judy Rankin (née Torluemke; born February 18, 1945) is an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, she joined the LPGA Tour in 1962 at age 17 and won 26 tour events.
The 2025 LPGA Tour is the 76th edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world.The season begin at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, in Orlando, Florida on January 30, and end on November 23, at the Tiburón Golf Club in the CME Group Tour Championship at Naples, Florida. [1]
She is tied for most U.S. Kids Golf World Championships with five in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016. [11] Pano was the youngest golfer to play a LPGA of Japan Tour event when she played the 2016 Yonex Ladies Open at the age of 11. [12] [13] At 13, Pano played in her first LPGA Tour event, the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. [14]